Premier League wages higher than La Liga & Serie A… combined!

Deloitte's annual review of football finance has shown that wages in the English Premier League rose to nearly $3 billion in the year to summer 2015, more than Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga combined.

The top leagues in Italy and Spain paid out $2.8 billion combined to their players, say Deloitte analysts.

With English clubs set to benefit from a new $7.42 billion TV rights deal from next season, it seems likely the gap will continue to grow in the coming years.

England's top division revenues have soared past those in Italy, Spain, Germany and France in recent years, with Premier League clubs raking in $4.77 billion in 2014/15. Bundesliga clubs were in second place with $2.6 billion.

It is thought English clubs' incomes from last season will see an increase to $5.34 billion, with the new TV deal set to push that to the $6.5 billion mark in 2016/17.